A bit of eye candy is good for the soul & doesn't wreck the teeth. :joyful:
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One of the things I did before questioning whether a surface had to be rounded to show crosshatching was to examine the biggest piece of ivory I...
Elephant, I think. In mammoth ivory, where the Schreger cross makes an angle < 90 degrees. Angles here look much wider.
Looking with more awake eyes, the lines in a crosshatch pattern look like they could be incised. Having my usual problem gauging depth, &...
My best guess (which is probably not very good) is that it was made by a Turkish pipe bowl maker using a popular bowl design but always meant to...
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